Special thanks to George Bass, Valerie Gussing, Susan Katzev, Della Scott-Ireton, Jill and Peter Worsley, and Dave Meadows’ Explorator team for sending in news items.

1. In Memoriam- Rachel Horlings:
http://www.rach.horlings.net/
http://thisblogdoesnthaveanameyet.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/in-memoriam-rachel-horlings/

2. Return to Antikythera: what divers discovered in the deep:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/mar/18/return-to-antikythera-divers?INTCMP=SRCH
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/gallery/2013/mar/18/antikythera-shipwreck-treasures-in-pictures

3. Antikythera wreck’s final museum run:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/03/22/antikythera-wrecks-final-museum-run/

4. New protection planned for historic Scottish shipwrecks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21831878

5. “Murmansk” demolition in final phase:
http://barentsobserver.com/en/nature/murmansk-demolition-final-phase

6. Apollo 11 engines recovered from ocean:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-21/an-expedition-recovers-apollo-engines/4585754
http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/20/apollo-mission-rocket-engines-recovered/?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/mar/21/nasa-apollo-engines-atlantic-video

7. Maritime trade thrived in Egypt, even before Alexandria:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2013/130314_1.html

8. Remembering the last great worldwide Sailing expedition:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Remembering-the-Last-Great-Worldwide-Sailing-Expedition-199036721.html

9. Stone ships show signs of maritime network in Baltic Sea region 3,000 years ago:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130321082359.htm
http://phys.org/news/2013-03-stone-ships-maritime-network-baltic.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/uog-sss032113.php

10. Rough seas uncover shipwreck in York [Maine]:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/beneath-the-waves_2013-03-12.html

11. Rough seas dislodge Duck ship wreckage [North Carolina]:
http://outerbanksvoice.com/2013/03/22/rough-seas-dislodge-shipwreck-on-duck-shore/

12. Maritime trade thrived in Egypt, even before Alexandria:
http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2013/130314_1.html

13. Kon-Tiki sails again:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Kon-Tiki-Sails-Again-199167011.html

14. The lure of sunken riches: Fortunes ahoy [commercial salvage]:
http://www.economist.com/news/international/21573964-treasure-hunters-misdeeds-have-led-tougher-laws-now-their-business-model-must

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Wendy van Duivenvoorde, PhD
Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology
Deputy Director, Australian Consortium of Humanities Research Centres (ACHRC) Department of Archaeology | Flinders University

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